2017 - 2018 Football Thread - Page 235

On April 06 2018 16:45 Pandemona wrote:

Keeper can get beat multiple ways if he comes off his line there. Can get beat with a lob, through his legs, to the right, or the left all minimal power/placement needed. The ball is also in the air, it is chest height, if he tries to bring that down he needs perfect control and still then it takes 2-3 seconds, he is never going to do that because he is Ramsey. Also i highly doubt messi would even bring that down, the first time flick shot is a 90% probability thus you stay on your line. He stays on his line and he catches the simplest of shots in the air. Instead he is made to look a fool for predicting that Ramsey is going to control a ball chest height with pace on it inside the penalty area for whatever reason. This for me is nearly as bad as Lloris' failure for Spurs at the weekend. Akinfeev is also a bad keeper period so xD

On April 06 2018 17:51 Pandemona wrote:
Bizzare flick? That is the only way to shoot or whatever. Messi 100% does exactly same thing Ramsey does but of course better cuz its Messi....The header again the other thing you say = keeper needs to stay on his line. Where the ball is is chest height, you either low header or do what Ramsey did and do that flick shit. No way do you control a ball with that much pace on the ball inside the box thinking your going to get god like control and have the time to be able to do anything.

Controllign that ball = defenders are back onto him really fast. I don't get how you can say anything other than a first time flick shot / low header is the probability there.

On April 06 2018 18:49 Redox wrote:
If he does not try to control the ball and volleys it instead you still want to close him down and reduce the angles.

On April 06 2018 16:22 nayumi wrote:

Did someone swap "a", "s" and "d" around on your keyboard?

To me the goal is amazing more on the build-up rather than the finish.

On April 07 2018 00:48 Pandemona wrote:
What touch can Ramsey take in that specific positioning you link? The touch if he takes one would have to be unbelievable to control that near him without the left back being able to come back into the game. Again not even Messi could do that.

I said you don't get nutmegged by a volley like that, the only way Ramsey scores a goal is if keeper comes off his line in this instance which is fact. If he stayed on his line he catches it in the air. If not the volley or sidefoot flick he did would have had to somehow be hit into the far corner which is seeminly impossible.

On April 06 2018 14:54 Rebs wrote:
I was promised fscts but coudnt tell the facts from the 9/11 truthing favela version... so confuse... much complicate...

On April 07 2018 01:01 Rebs wrote:


Incorrect, the only way Ramsey doesnt score with that particular volley is if the keeper stays on his line.

But the keeper doesnt know he is going to do that....

if you put it like that every time someone hits the pen down the middle its the keepers fault, all he had to do was stay in place the ball would have just hit him.

Everytime a keeper gets nutmegged all he had to do was keep his legs closed.

Every time the ball beats the keeper all he had to do was stop the ball.... GENIUS ! BRB

Regarding the image, I guess I gave you too much credit in terms of memory, and all I was looking to do was show the distance..

Here is the ball coming to him.. even a muppet can bring the ball down clean in a split second and finish if the keeper just sits on his line.. + Show Spoiler +

the only muppet that cant would be classified as an English player at the World Cup.

On April 07 2018 03:28 warding wrote:
More fun news from Portugal after yesterday's 2-0 Sporting defeat to Atletico Madrid. Timeline so far:
1. Last night Sporting's president, Bruno de Carvalho, made a post on social media criticizing his players, naming his two CBs and other players who missed key chances.
2. Bruno de Carvalho then decides to call in directly to late night sports talkshows denying he was actually criticizing players, even though he clearly was.
3. Today news comes out that Sporting's players refused to train in the morning, upset with the President's post.
4. Sporting's communication department denies the news that the players refused to train, claiming 'fake news'.
5. During the day most of the team posted on instagram that the moment called for unity and denouncing the president's singling out of players in his criticism.
6. Just now, Bruno de Carvalho decided to suspend every player that made the post, calling the players 'spoiled brats who can't take criticism and don't respect anyone', apparently unaware of the irony.

The players are Rui Patrício, William Carvalho, Bruno Fernandes, Battaglia, Piccini, Palhinha, Coates, Acuña, Gelson Martins, Podence, Bruno César, Montero, Bryan Ruiz, Rúben Ribeiro, Doumbia, Fábio Coentrão and Rafael Leão. Basically the entire team except Bas Dost who doesn't seem to have social media accounts.

On April 07 2018 05:03 haitike wrote:


wow, that is next level drama.

On April 07 2018 05:15 Skynx wrote:
Lol wtf? Who's going to play in that case?